MATTHEW 1 In our day of “up with man,” and down with biblical Christianity; we need to be convinced and convicted about who our Lord and Master is. We can become so accustomed to what we have learned and practiced as believers, that we lose the “awe” of being in the presence of the One who “is above all, and through all, and in you all.” Our access to God is because of the Lord Jesus Christ who came and suffered for us to bring us to God.
The Old Testament scriptures tell us the history, poetry, and prophecies of Israel. It is in this framework of Jewish history that the whole teaching of redemption of sinful man from the consequences of sin is unfolded to us. Jesus is the One who fulfilled the requirements of being the Savior who would save us from our sins. He could do that and He did that as a Man among men, and yet He never stopped being “God with us.”